[House  Bill.] 

HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES,  Jan.  12, 1864.— Ordered  to 
be  printed. 


SUBSTITUTE 

Of  Mr.  BoTELER  for  Mr,  Wilcox's  bill. 

An  Act  to  provide  for  the  payment  of  horses  killed,  captured,  lost  or 

permanently  disabled  in  the  Confederate  States  service. 

1  Section.  1.   The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  cJ.j 

2  enact.  That  any  regular  or  volunteer,  field,  staff  or  other  commiS' 

3  sioned  officer,  or  mounted  volunteer,  ranger,  cavalry  or  mounted 

4  militia,  engaged  in  the  military  service  of  the  Confederate  States 

5  since  the  first  day  of  February,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 

6  sixty-one,  who  has  or  iihall  sustain  d;^mage,  without  any  fault  or 

7  neglig^ce  on  tiis  part,  whilst  in  the  regular  and  proj^er  discharge  of 

8  his  duty,  by  the  loss  cf  a  horse  killed  in  battle,  or  which  having 

9  been  wounded  in  battle,  has  since  died,  or  become  porraanently 

10  disabled  by  said  wcnnd,  or  being  so  wcundeJ,  bhall  hive  been  cr 

1 1  shall  be  consequently  abandoned  by  order  of  his  immediate  com- 

12  manding  officer  and  lost,  or  who  shall  sustain  damage  by  the  loss 

13  of  a  horse  by  an  unavoidable  accident  or  capture,  or  by  abandon- 

1 4  ment  by  order  of  his  immediate  commanding  officer,  or  bepause 

15  the  rider  or  owner  was  dismounted  or  separated  from  his  horse 


16  by  order  of  his  officer,  and  on  duty  in  the  field  or  station  detached 

17  from  his  horse,  or  by  the  loss  of  the  usual  and  necessary  equip- 

18  page  in  consequence  of  the  loss  of  his  horse  as  aforesaid,  shall 

19  be  allowed  and  paid  the  value  thereof,  which  shall  be  ascertained 

20  by  satisfactory  evidence,  under  rules  and  regulations  furnished 

21  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  according  to  the  appraised  value  at  the 

22  time  of  their  muster  into  service. 

1  Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  horses  disabled  in  action,  or 

2  by  other  casualties  of  the   service  whilst  the  soldier  is  in  the 

3  regular  and  proper  discharge  of  his  duty,  shall  be  turned  over  to 

4  the  quartermaster  of  his  post,  regiment,  brip-ade  or  division, 

5  as  the  case  may  be,  to  be  sold  for  the  benefit  of  the  Confederate 

6  States,  and  theiA-  owners  shall  be  allowed  compensation  for  them 

7  according  to  their  appraised  value,  under  the  rules  to  be  pre- 

8  scribed  as  afiresaid. 


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